Rum

...within relationships. Her perception and understanding seem to grow only richer over the years, and her newest film, "35 Shots of Rum," is surely one of her finest - and thereby one of the best films of the year. With the greatest of ease...

In this article: Claire Denis, Gregoire Colin, and Paris

...of black Caribbean train drivers in Paris. Rating: * * * * Claire Denis (Beau Travail) has achieved a strange success with 35 Shots of Rum, going back to the Japanese master Yasujiro Ozu's wonderfully touching 1949 masterpiece Late Spring...

In this article: Late Spring, Yasujiro Ozu, Caribbean, DVD, Frantz Fanon, Gregoire Colin, and Claire Denis

...a father letting go of his daughter, turns 60 this year. "35 Shots of Rum'' has Ozu's watchfulness, but Denis pushes for filmmaking that's less rigidly formal and more immersive. The bits-and-pieces vagueness is true to the fragmentary...

In this article: Claire Denis, Yasujiro Ozu, Beau travail, and Paris

...(1999) she has examined some of the political contradictions and psychological pressures of this colonial legacy, but in "35 Shots of Rum" it remains in the background, like those classroom discussions. Which is not to say that matters of...

In this article: Claire Denis, Beau travail, Gregoire Colin, and Agnes Godard

...pierce eardrums with unrelenting shrieks of dysfunction and misery. Amid the din, French filmmaker Claire Denis' sublime "35 Shots of Rum" stands out all the more for its soothing quiet - one character is even admonished for her yelling -...

In this article: Claire Denis, Gabrielle, Gregoire Colin, Chantal Akerman, and Paris

...12:14 AM, September 18, 2009 FRENCH director Claire Denis' warm fam ily drama "35 Shots of Rum" opens with a young woman named Josephine waiting for the older Lionel, a subway driver, to come home for dinner. At first it is difficult to...

In this article: Claire Denis, Agnes Godard, Yasujiro Ozu, Gregoire Colin, Sixth Avenue, and Houston Street

...feature debut Chocolat. An intimate portrait of the close relationship between a widowed father and his only daughter, 35 Shots of Rum is partially inspired by Denis' mother's relationship with her own father. "My grandfather was a sort...

In this article: Claire Denis, Economics, Chocolat, Edinburgh Film Festival, Wim Wenders, Jacques Rivette, Gregoire Colin, Jim Jarmusch, and Vendredi soir

MFA event celebrates lesser-known stars and directors Alex Descas stars in "35 Shots of Rum,'' a film from Claire Denis that focuses on the small rituals of displaced persons. A quick scan of the list of movies playing in this year's...

In this article: Vincent Lindon, Claire Denis, Regular Lovers, Philippe Garrel, and Paris

...on. Though 35 Shots Of Rum is suffused with emotion, Denis avoids the broad strokes of explicit conflict, instead establishing the father-daughter relationship through small kindnesses and the subtle pleasures of their domestic routine. She...

In this article: Claire Denis, The Intruder, Apple pie, Friday Night, Yasujiro Ozu, Tindersticks, and Gregoire Colin